This week in Crew Tucker… 3/9/21

3rd September 2021James Tucker

This week has been our first week together as Crew Tucker and it has certainly been one to remember!

We have spent this week delving into our first expedition, ‘Coming to Doncaster; why then and why now?’ and our first case study which aims to answer the question, ‘Why did the Vikings come to Doncaster?’. Our Hook Week has involved lots of exciting activities: developing our artistic skills using clay to create dragon eyes and sketching dragons; becoming performers of dragon poetry; cooking using viking recipes and being detectives to investigate a mystery visitor who created havoc in the school hall and forest school!

Watch the video below to get a feel for yourselves for all the fun we have had this week.

Time and time again, the children have blown us all away with their positive attitudes, exemplary behaviour and excitement to learn new things; we can’t wait to watch them grow and develop further throughout the school year and will continue to share our learning with you on our blog.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Crew Longley Weekly Review

3rd September 2021Stuart Longley

What a great week we have had. It certainly feels like our little crew is bonding and finding our feet and confidence. I have really been blown away by their determination, excitement and characters this week.

This week we started looking at our expedition – ‘What can I do to be a hero in my community?’ We have enjoyed our hook week (photos will be in our this week in the phase video). We learnt a poem, made our own superheroes, became cartoon heroes and trained to become heroes. The children looked amazing in their costumes and smiles galore filled the room.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Monday. Have a great weekend.
Mr Longley, Miss Holdsworth and Mrs Brown.

Crew 4 weekly review (3.9.21)

3rd September 2021Simon Gerrard

We’d just like to say a massive well done to Crew 4 for a really solid first week back. It’s been so lovely to see lots of smiles after a really enjoyable 4 days.

Hook week:

We’ve had such a fun hook week into our new Expedition, where we are going to answer the Guiding Question ‘Coming to Doncaster; why then and why now?‘ Check out some of the exciting activities we managed to get into including making Viking pancakes, designing Dragon eyes and making some dragon eyes out of clay. See the Twip ( https://carcroftschool.co.uk/category/twitplks2/ )

Make sure you have a fantastic weekend and have a lovely weekend, Crew 4! 😆

Hero Day!

1st September 2021Thomas Wilson

To launch our KS1 Autumn Term Expedition we had a very exciting ‘Hero Day’ today, where we got to dress up as our personal hero and took part in lots of hero themed activities! Check out the highlights from the day below!

Hero Costumes

Comic-Book Photoshoot

Pipe-Cleaner Heroes

Superhero Training

We have had a brilliant day and I am sure your superheroes will all sleep well tonight!

Watch this space for more updates of our exciting new expedition ‘What can I do to be a superhero in my community?’

Year 1’s First Day Back!

31st August 2021A Welburn

Wahoo! We’re back! 🙌🏽
We’ve had so much fun in Year 1 today, exploring our new classrooms and outdoor area, and getting to know all of the new faces in our classrooms. We’ve chosen our own learning in provision and had lots of time to share what we have done during the holidays in our crew time. It was great to hear what everyone has been up to – there’s been some really exciting stories!

We’ve really missed having the children in our classrooms over summer, and we’re glad to see that they’ve all enjoyed their well earned rest. We’re sure they will all sleep well tonight… 😴😴

See you all in the morning for our superhero day! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️🦹‍♀️🦹‍♂️

Weekly Review 25.06.2021

27th June 2021Laura Godley

What a fantastic week of expeditionary exploring!

I have been so impressed by the children’s maturity this week, we are definitely Year 1 ready! The children have enjoyed exploring the text ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’. We have investigated which fruit and vegetables grown on the farm, we explored if they grew above or below ground and planted our own vegetables to harvest.

We also had some fantastic, independent writing, retelling the story of Oliver’s vegetables. The children wrote their own chunks of sense, making their work beautiful by ensuring they used finger spaces, capital letters and full stops, Crew Godley you are amazing!

HoWL average…… 3.1

We did it!!! I am so proud of the children this week applying their math’s and phonics independently, there was only one thing for it, lots of 4’s. Grace particularly blew me away, she always shows green standard and sets a great example to her peers ☺️

Crew Godley 24.05.2021

24th May 2021Laura Godley

Magnificent Monday!

I was absolutely thrilled today by the ‘can do’ attitude of Crew Godley. Our HoWL score today was 2.9, a massive improvement last week already. Just a couple of tweaks tomorrow to make sure all of our crew are ‘being kind’ then we’ll reach that fantastic three!

We have been working hard to strengthen our fine motor skills today to improve our handwriting. We have been down on the farm with our disco dough and counting how many worms we could catch using the tweezers.

The highlight of my day was Shania leading our crew song, she always engages our crew! A teacher in the making